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Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology

Ph.D. in Anthropology, Harvard University, 1994

Research Interests: medical anthropology; cross-cultural medical ethics; development and health; Caribbean studies; Latinos and health care in the U.S.; Afro-Caribbean religions. Recent Publications: "La produccion de la salud al nivel del hogar, dinamicas de genero, y los reajustes estructurales: la experiencia de la Dominicana." Paper presented at the first Dominican Conference on Nutrition and Local Production of Health, Santo Domingo, D.R. (1995). "’Bare-Handed’ Medicine and the Production of Persons: The Professional Transformation of Pregnancy in the Dominican Republic," Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association held in Atlanta, 1994. " ‘The Butterflies’ and the Others: Iconography of Violence Against Women in the Dominican Republic and Medicalization." Presentation to the Medical Anthropology Research Seminar, Harvard University, 1994.